viii, 228 pages : 24 cm

"Through engaging autobiographical essays and photographs, Portraits of American Continental Philosophers introduces twenty-two leading contemporary American philosophers whose work falls under the rubric of "continental philosophy." These essays trace the personal philosophical journeys and orientations of a remarkable group of men and women, revealing a fascinating array of intellectual inspirations - tales of the lives of saints and mystics, an undergraduate encounter with Hume or Locke, the shock of a racially segregated society, the experience of mirrors reflecting each other to infinity, Martin Heidegger's probing gaze, the explosion of student unrest in 1968, or a Holocaust survivor's search for explanations

Taken together, these intimate self-portraits provide a vibrant overview of the multiplicity and depth of continental philosophy in America."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references

I never imagined myself a philosopher / Debra Bergoffen -- Expecting the unexpected / Robert Bernasconi -- Of mystics, magi, and deconstructionists / John D. Caputo -- From imagination to place : memories of a wayward thinker / Edward S. Casey -- From bad infinity to hyper-reflection / Bernard Flynn -- Continental philosophy on another continent / Thomas R. Flynn -- Hermeneutics and natural science / Patrick A. Heelan -- Adventures in continental philosophy / Douglas Kellner -- Science, ontology, pluralities / Joseph J. Kockelmans -- From the school of suspicion to the willing suspension of disbelief / David Farrell Krell -- Understanding : learning to stand on the earth and stand under the sky / David Michael Levin -- The unlived life is not worth examining / Alphonso Lingis -- Holocaust child / Bernd Magnus -- Reflections / David M. Rasmussen -- An unpurloined autobiography / William J. Richardson -- '[alpha][rho][chi][eta] / John Sallis -- My dialogue with twentieth-century continental philosophy / Calvin O. Schrag -- Thought in the transformation of 'transcendence' / Charles E. Scott -- Continental philosophy on the American scene : an autobiographical statement / Hugh J. Silverman -- Andenken and compassion / Joan Stambaugh -- From seceda to captiva and more ... / Wilhelm S. Wurzer -- Between phenomenology and the negative's power / Edith Wyschogrod

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